Cruise ship collides with cargo vessel

A cruise ship carrying around 1,700 passengers has collided with a cargo vessel in a Uruguayan port.

The 'Norwegian Dream', a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship, received damages described as “not serious” above its waterline and remained in harbour as authorities temporarily closed the Montevideo port, Uruguay’s navy said.

No-one was injured.

The passenger ship, which recently left Buenos Aires to begin a 14-day cruise toward the southern tip of South America, was leaving port when it collided with the barge which was “adrift in the entrance channel”, Norwegian Cruise Line spokeswoman Susan Robison said from Miami.